St. Elias Mines

Mr. Hobbes,

It seems you (not you personally, of course) can't say anything nice about anyone (Chinese) without upsetting someone else (American). What has the world (all of us) come to?

I agree that the China trip NR could (,might have, maybe) been phrased differently, but since the Chinese just went out of their way to show our guys (SLI) a good time it seemed appropriate to say something nice (encouraging) about them. That the "old boys" (un-named high profile investors with thin skins) took offence is their (the old boys) problem.

Please excuse all the parenthesis. I don't want to be misunderstood because I omitted anything that would lead people to take my words (humble opinion) out of context.

PS. Your post is the first this week in which you didn't bless us. Don't love us anymore? (LOL) Thanks always for your positive contributions.